That Otogakure Team with the loud redhead

"We'll go after that Otogakure Team with that loud redhead. You know, the one from that country with the music notes on their headbands...", Naruto decided, and in case his comrades didn't know what he meant, he began painting the symbol in the air.

That of course earned him a couple of weirded out glares. "Why would you do that?", Ino asked, surprised by his choice.

But Naruto had his reasons. Shikamaru had told him that they were rather well-trained for a newcomer village, so Naruto was curious as to how strong they were exactly. Also, he wondered how they were like... who knew, maybe they could become friends?

Sasuke looked somewhat confident however as he shrugged with his shoulder over Narutos choice. "Whatever. We'll go look for the strongest team, the one from Sunagakure.", he said towards his team. Shino and Sakura nodded and followed Sasuke as he leapt up to the rooftop of the academy, probably to get a better view from up there.

Naruto frowned as he saw Sasuke going right after the most obvious target. "Alright then! Kiba, can you sniff out those guys?", Naruto asked, turning to their designated tracker.

Kiba nodded. "Yeah, I had Akamaru try to remember the strongest scents in that room, so we would have an easier time later on.", he explained, patting the white dog that still sat inside his hoodjacket on the head.

Naruto was stumped that Kiba (yes, THAT Kiba) had been so thoughtful. That was quite some help he got there. "Right on, good thinking, Kiba!", Naruto cheered his buddy on.

The Inuzuka gave him a confident grin as he turned to his smaller companion. "Okay, let's show them what we've got, Akamaru!", he told him.

The small dog barked in response, obviously eager to prove himself as worth the praise. He stuck his nose as high into the air and began sniffing. He did that for a few moments before he barked and took off into a seemingly random direction.

"He's got their trail! Come on, let's go!", Kiba said as he followed his dog. Ino and Naruto followed suit.